One
day, there was a family living in coastal area Sumatra. That family had one
child named Malin Kundang. Because of the condition of the family is so
apprehensive, then Malin’s father decided to went other country.
Malin
and his mother had a big wish, someday his father come back to home with bring
much money that the money can be buy some necessity in daily life. Month to
month had been go but Malin’s father never coming back and finally Malin’s and
his mother whishes dissapeared.
After
Malin Kundang grow up, he thinks for searching much money in other country with
hoping someday when he come back to his village, he become a rich person.
Finally, he join to sailing with a deck hand from trade commerce ship in his
village which had been successed.
During
in ship, Malin Kundang learned more about science of navigation to the ship
crew who has experience. Malin studied so diligent about the merchant to his
friends who has experience, and finally he was so clever in merchant thing.
There
was so many island that he had been visited, until one day in the middle of the
journey, suddenly Malin Kundang’s ship attacked by pirates. All of the
marketable goods of merchantmen in ship carried away by pirates. In fact,
almost of ship crews and people in that ship had been killed by pirates. Malin Kundang
very lucky he was not killed by pirates, because when it happened, Malin
immidiately hidden in a small room which closed by wood.
Malin
Kundang was hover in the middle of the sea, finnaly his ship was ashore on a
beach. With the remnant energy, Malin Kundang walked to the closer village on
the beach. Arriving to the village,Malin Kundang helped by people in the
village after prefiously told what happened with him. The village that Malin
marooned is a fertile village. With his thoughness and persistance, Malin had
been successed become a rich man. He has many merchant ships with ship crews
more than 100 people. After became wealthy, Malin Kundang marry with a girl to
become his wife.
Malin
Kundang go down from the ship. He was greeted by his mother. After closer
enough, his mother saw scar in the right arm of that person, his mother more
believed that his mother approached is Malin Kundang. “My son, Malin Kundang,
why you go so long without sent any news?” told her while hug Malin Kundang.
Buy Malin Kundang immidiately abdicate his mother embrace and push away her
until fall down. “You are the woman who cannot know yourself, you admitted as
my mother.” Said Malin Kundang to his mother. Malin Kundang pretended to
recognized his mother, because he was so embarrassed with his old mother and use rag cloth.
“Is she your mother?” ask Malin Kundang’s wife. “No, she just a
beggar who admitted as my mother to get my wealth.” Said Malin Kundang to his
wife. Heard the statement and treated unfairly
by his son, Malin Kundang’s mother was very angry. She had not expected her son
become a rebellious child. Because of
mounting anger, Malin Kundang’s mother tipped her hand saying "Oh God, if he is my son, I
curse him to became a
rock". Not long after the
curses, the strong winds and storms
rumbled come to destroy the Malin Kundang’s ship. After that Malin Kundang’s body slowly
becomes stiff and gradually shaped become into a
rock.